Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1 [Import]

Coil | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 28, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Chalice
• ASIN: B00000JSU3
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,897 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Are You Shivering?

2. Red Birds Will Fly Out of the East and Destroy Paris in a Night

3. Red Queen

4. Broccoli

5. Strange Birds

6. The Dreamer Is Still Asleep

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coil - Deeper than you, July 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

It's hard to put the Coil experience into words. On the surface, it's just weird music, but underneath it all is deep symbolism, cosmic energy and some truely mind warping tones. John Balance and co. are definitely tuned into something on a much higher plane than the rest of us and MtPitD really illustrates this. One moment, the music is serene, peaceful and very relaxing. The next moment it's all torn away from you and the music takes a dark plunge, full of chaos. The first track, Are You Shivering, is quite chilling (not to make a bad pun), the sound penetrates you and chills the root of your being. Brocoli is another noteworthy track. I can't tell if this is some kind of strange joke. The lyrics don't give you a second to take it seriously. The music is a lot more structured than Coil had produced in the last few years and it's definitely welcome. You can tell a lot went into this recording and listening to it is a very rewarding experience.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lunar Developments, March 13, 2000

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P. Ortman (Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

Unlike other previous Coil recordings this CD was based on Moon structures, instead of Solar which gives it a very different feel. Most people who read this title will feel as if it is going to be a return to the blood chilling sounds that they created before, but it isn't at all. This is total otherworldly music, not in the nature of the sound of Black Light District, but in a more transcendental sort of way. The sounds are very enveloping they are almost intrancing, kind of building on some elements that "Baby Food" had. The music is liquid, watery it seems to go right through you. This music is like osmosis, the more you listen the more you take a way from it. The artwork mirror the sound very well. No sharp edges to cut yourself with, but you may find that you have already drowned.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars coil's umbriferous side, July 12, 2000

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john (Florence, Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

This is one of the best coil's cd ever. It has the hidden strenght to go straight to your mind. Each time you listen to it your journey goes deeper. 'The dreamer is still asleep' and 'Broccoli' lead you into another dimension of consciousness pulling the strings of your senses. Listen to this music at night, as the title recommends, and you'll never be the same.